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LAST UPDATE | 4 Mar 2020
NO INVESTIGATION WILL be held into police contact with TV presenter Caroline Flack after a watchdog found there was “no causal link” between officers’ actions and her death.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) announced today that there is no need to formally investigate contact between Metropolitan Police officers and the 40-year-old.
Officers from the force last had contact with Flack on 13 December 2019, when she was in custody following an alleged assault on her boyfriend Lewis Burton.
It has been reported that in the aftermath of that incident, she told officers she would take her own life. She died two months later on 15 February.
The announcement came after the Crown Prosecution Service said it would review the decision to bring charges against the Love Island presenter over the incident.
An IOPC spokesman said: “Having considered a mandatory referral from the Metropolitan Police (MPS), we decided the matter did not require investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct because there was no indication of a causal link – directly or indirectly – between the actions or omissions of the police and Caroline Flack’s tragic death.
“MPS officers last had contact with Ms Flack on 13 December 2019, when she was in custody, nearly two months before her death.
“While in custody on December 13, officers arranged for her to see a healthcare professional and relevant policy and procedure was followed to give her further guidance.
“On this basis, we have returned this referral to the MPS Department for Professional Standards (DPS) for them to deal with the matter in whatever manner they decide.”
The Metropolitan Police said its internal standards department had found no further action is necessary over the case.
A spokesman said: “The DPS has concluded that a formal investigation is not required.
A comprehensive review of the circumstances surrounding all police contact with Ms Flack following her arrest and detention has already taken place as part of the referral process.
“No conduct has been identified on the part of any officer. In line with normal processes, if any new information should come to light it will be considered and action taken as appropriate.”
After her death, Flack’s management team criticised the CPS for conducting a “show trial”, with Burton having said he did not support a prosecution and Flack having denied the charge against her.
Following a freedom of information request from the Daily Mirror, it is understood the CPS will look into its handling of the matter through a post-case review panel, a procedure which is not uncommon, especially in regard to complex or sensitive cases.
It is understood the outcome of the review will not be made public.
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Hang on a second !
Hold on there now…time lord is a legit occupation?
This is great news. I’m really going to use this extra time to catch up on all those little jobs I’ve meaning to get around to, or perhaps a lie in would be better.
I had an anti climax once. She met a fella on a cruise after a few vodkas.
I don’t understand most of that.
Good. I work in IT and the more people who do not understand it, the more we can charge (rubs hands with glee, pets white cat on lap…. muohahahah !)
As the earth’s rotation slows, days are getting longer
Y2K was a damp squib, nothing happened, but lots of it companies made a lot of money out of it.
but maybe if all that money and effort was not spent it would have been a very wet squib?
I mean a very dry squib of course.
what is a squib and why is a damp one such an anticlimax?
a squib is type of explosive , a damp one won’t explode.
……you sir, are a fountain of knowledge…. now I need to look this up, where did I leave my google?
Actually issues did happen:
http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~eroberts/cs91/projects/y2k/Y2K_Errors.html
Also, most bank software programmers [and this was mostly in COBOL at the time] spent a long time working crazy hours getting sh*t together and correct so that stuff like applying 99 years of credit to accounts wouldnt happen.
There is another one feasibly going to come in 2038 when the unix epoch time rolls over to zero again. Thankfully it only affects 32-bit-integer related systems, but still gonna be hilarious….
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A squib was a very little stick of dynamite that you could buy in the boys store before all this health and safety nonsense took hold. When a kid was allowed matches you could light them to blow up little bunkers of sand where the enemy toy soldiers were, classic.
God says: To me a thousand years is but a second. However I will grant you your greatest wish.
Pope Francis: Okay God I wish to win the Euro Lotto €180,000,000.
God says: Your wish is granted!! Wait a second!!!!!
Is it April the 1st?
If it was that would be nearly 4 months less.
This is very confusing
It isn’t really confusing.
I’m delighted for you. But I find it is.
A day lasts 24hrs because that’s how long it takes to spin around once. Except that its always gradually slowing down so the eggheads add an extra second to one particular day every few years to compensate. This angers god hugely, who retaliates by setting off volcanoes and smiting old people, etc.
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